Wheel.



E. BOZARI'Hl WHEEL.

APPLICATION PILE-D 15u16, 19km.

945,688. Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

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WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1e, 1909.

945,688. Patented Jan. 4,1910.

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ELIHU, BOZARTH, Oil."A ALVIN, ILLINOIS.

WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

Application led March 16, 1909. Serial No. 483,702.

To all @hom t may concern.

Be 1t known that I, ELIHU BOZARTH, a

citizen of th'eNUnited States, residing at Alvin, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wheels, of which the follow- '1 1s a specication.

his invention relates to improvements in. wheels for automobiles and other vehicles and consists in the construction, combinatlon and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed; the object of the invention bein -to provide an -improved -form of wheel whlch secures the sameresults as the rubber tired wheel and enables rubber tires to be dispensed with..V I In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 1s partly an elevation and partly a sectional view of a wheel having a t1re constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of one of the radial movable blocks and a portion of the tire. Fig. 4 is a detail 'elevation of one of the bolts on which the blocks operate, a sleeve on said bolt being shown partly'inl section.

In accordance with my invention I provide a tire or rim l, which is made of iron or steel, with guard flanges 2 at its sides which are here shown as Vformed inte ally therewith and with transverse partitions 3 which connect the said ard flanges and are also shown as formed inte ally with the tire and the guard flanges. he said partitions have their opposing-sides inclined and converging toward the center of the wheel and it will be understood that by thus constructinga tire or rim the same is provided with outwardly opening radially disposed recesses or chambers 4.

Radially movablejblocks 5 operate and are dis osed in the said recesses. The said blocks ave their sides which oppose the inclined sides of the partition 3 similarly inclinedas at 6 so that when the said blocks are forced inwardly into the said recesses 4 their inner ends ltlsnugly in said recesses gsshown in liig. 3. Each. of the said blocks iihere shown as comprisin 7 which is preferab y ma e of hard wood but which may be made of any other suitan outer section able material, and an inner section 8 which isvsecured to the said outer section by means of bolts 9. The said inner section is preferably made of ironor steel and is provided with recesses 10 for the reception of coil springs 11. The said springs are placed on radially disposed bolts 12 and bear between the tire or rim and the blocks 5 andl serve to m'ove the blocks outwardly, and the outer sections of the blocks are provided with radially disposed recesses 13 for the reception of theputer ends of the bolts 12. Sleeves 14, xed on said bolts enter and guide the springs' when the said blocks are moved Y v inwardly -asshown in Fig. 3.

The radially movable 'blocks are'thus mounted on s rings and constituteA the tread velements of Yt e wheel and successively engage the earth and sustain the weight of the wheel and the vehicle as'the wheel revolves and the vehicle pro resses. v It will r .be understood that the sai .tread elements areyieldably mounted and connected to the rim of the wheel so that they serve to absorb 'shocks and enable the vehicle to ride smoothly and evenly and render it independent of inequalities in the road surface.

I claiin -V y A wheel of the class described havin a' rim provided with outwardly o ning ra ial recesses, tread blocksdisposed or operation j' i 1n said recesses and each comprising a metal- .-block sections and having theirouter ends in said receses.

l In testimon whereof I aix my signature 1n presence o two witnesses.

ELIHU BOZARTH.

Witnesses: f

. C. E. Bnmr, v l BsBTH, Bosman@ 

